Miss Anita Manbadly

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Smizing since 1999.

How To Ace Your Next Phone Interview

The_work_of_the_Auxiliary_Territorial_Service_at_a_Mixed_Anti-aircraft_Battery,_England,_UK,_1942_D8287Hidey ho, jobseekers! I’ve been on the prowl for “the perfect job” for the last few years, and I’ve been subjected to dozens of interviews. Phone interviews, that is. Phone interviews make sense from the hiring manager’s perspective, because they can be setup quickly, there’s no need for the candidate to travel to their office, they’re safer (no letting the crazies in the front door, thank you) and because the phone removes the interviewee’s physical presence, the interviewer can get a more accurate assessment of the interviewee’s personality.

Please learn from my mistakes with this list of hints and tips I have compiled. Continue reading →

How To Apologize

Let’s set the scene. You agreed to watch your best friend’s bird while she went on a month-long trip. You didn’t have experience in caring for birds, but she made it clear that all you had to do was clean the cage, put out new food and water every day, and make sure her place was not freezing cold. Pretty simple, right? What you didn’t know is that the bird recently figured out how to open its cage door, and it liked to roam around her apartment. One day you came home, the bird flew out the front door over your head, hit the cold outdoor air and dropped like a stone to the ground. What to do, what to do? Continue reading →

Where is Stephnie Weir Now?

stephnieAs a followup to our concise paean to the delightful Stephnie Weir back in 2011. You might wonder, what’s she up to in 2013?

Stephnie Carmel Weir (“Steph” to her friends and there is no “a”) is married to Robert Dassie, and has been since 2001. You recently saw Robert Dassie on “Community” as one of the AC Dudes. You do watch “Community,” don’t you? Of course you do.

Back to the subject at hand, she’s been a busy bee. For the past year, she has been a consulting producer on episodes of the Fox comedy “Raising Hope,” but that’s not all.

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QOTD: Your Secret Holiday Gift Wish

Gooooold Fingaaaaah!

Now that we’re done with Chanukah, done with Christmas and Boxing Day, and wending our way through Kwanzaa, it’s time to stop thinking of others and concentrate on ourselves. Self, you might ask, what was your secret heart’s desire for this holiday season, the thing you dared not ask for, and yet hoped that someone would bring to you simply because they know you too well? Continue reading →

“Drag Stars at Sea” Has Cruisers Seeing Red


Carnival Cruises, the best place on the ocean to get the norovirus, recently announced that because turrism and 9/11, no passengers may dress in drag or “costume” on its upcoming “Drag Stars at Sea” cruise.

Carnival sent an email to passengers booked on their upcoming “Drag Stars at Sea” cruise, informing them that passengers will be banned from dressing in drag on the drag cruise, under penalty of being kicked off the ship. Continue reading →